Veteran adman Ramesh Narayan has been unanimously elected President of the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) at its AGM held on September 28 in Mumbai.
Narayan, who founded Canco Advertising, was inducted into the IAA Hall of Fame in 2014 and was also conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) in 2014.
He has been President of The Advertising Club, the AAAI, and a director of the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
He was Chairman of the Awards Governing Council of the Abby Awards at Goafest for the last two years. Narayan is currently Vice-President, IAA Global (Internal Communications) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations. He is also currently President of the Rotary Club of Bombay.
Megha Tata, COO BTVi was elected Vice-President, Pradeep Dwivedi, CEO, Sakal Media Group elected Secretary, and Jaideep Gandhi, Founder, Another Idea, was elected Treasurer.
Neeraj Roy, Founder & CEO, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, is the Immediate Past President.